diff --git a/model.cpp b/model.cpp
index b74a735f..c707c0f3 100644
--- a/model.cpp
+++ b/model.cpp
@@ -1669,8 +1669,13 @@ bool ModelLoader::load_tensors(std::map<std::string, struct ggml_tensor*>& tenso
                                std::set<std::string> ignore_tensors) {
     std::set<std::string> tensor_names_in_file;
     auto on_new_tensor_cb = [&](const TensorStorage& tensor_storage, ggml_tensor** dst_tensor) -> bool {
-        const std::string& name = tensor_storage.name;
+        std::string name = tensor_storage.name;
         // LOG_DEBUG("%s", tensor_storage.to_string().c_str());
+        if (starts_with(name, "model.diffusion_model.model.diffusion_model")) {
+            LOG_WARN("Tensor %s has duplicated 'model.diffusion_model', attempting dirty fix...", name.c_str());
+            name = name.substr(strlen("model.diffusion_model."));
+        }
+        
         tensor_names_in_file.insert(name);
 
         struct ggml_tensor* real;